Society of Anthropology of Paris
# Society of Anthropology of Paris

The Society of Anthropology of Paris (French: Société d’Anthropologie de Paris) is a French learned society for anthropology founded by Paul Broca in 1859. Broca served as the Secrétaire-général of SAP, and in that capacity responded to a letter from James Hunt welcoming the news that Hunt had established the Anthropological Society of London.

## Notable members

* Leopoldo Batres
* Paul Bert
* Pruner Bey
* Adolphe Bloch
* Paul Broca
* Louis-Adolphe Bertillon
* Anténor Firmin
* Louis Pierre Gratiolet
* Abel Hovelacque
* Pierre Huard, professor of medicine, rector of the Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny from 1964 to 1966
* Gustave Lagneau
* Pyotr Lavrov (1823–1900, Russian philosopher)
* Gustave Le Bon (member from 1879 to 1888)
* Charles Letourneau, general secretary from 1887 to 1902.
* Léonce Manouvrier
* Charles Martin Ploix, president in 1880.
* Clémence Royer
* André Sanson
* Paul Topinard
* Joseph Deniker
